Across
- 1. To make use of something or someone unfairly for one's own advantage.
- 3. Involving ignoble actions and motives; dirty or morally distasteful.
- 10. To encourage or provoke into action, often negative or violent.
- 12. Officially ordered or commanded.
- 13. Unable to be changed or modified.
- 14. Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
- 16. A person who acts as an intermediary in buying or selling goods or services.
- 17. The highest point or level of achievement.
- 21. A prediction of future events.
- 23. The restoration of friendly relations or harmony.
- 26. Relating to the relationship between a child and their parent.
- 29. To accept something reluctantly but without protest.
- 30. Cunning, scheming, and deceitful in political and social affairs.
- 32. Skilled at gaining an advantage through deceit or cunning.
- 34. Involvement in a wrongful act or a crime.
- 35. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
- 36. A group of advisors, assistants, or followers attending an important person.
- 37. Colleagues or fellow workers.
- 38. Crafty schemes or plots.
- 39. A loud and confused noise, especially as a result of a large group of people.
- 41. Those who disagree or express a different opinion.
- 42. A group of people appointed to represent others, typically in a formal manner.
- 43. Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
- 44. A firm decision to do or not to do something.
- 46. A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.
- 47. About to happen or occur.
- 48. Made brave or confident.
- 49. Displaying extreme happiness or bliss.
Down
- 2. Relating to or characteristic of a parasite, which lives off another organism.
- 4. The passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
- 5. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or financial gain.
- 6. An act of resistance or defiance against an established authority.
- 7. At an angle of 90 degrees to a given line, plane, or surface.
- 8. To make someone drunk or intoxicated.
- 9. Continued from Chapter 1, the act of defying authority or control.
- 11. Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
- 15. Betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature.
- 18. Repeated from Chapter 6, involvement in a wrongful act or a crime.
- 19. To obtain something, especially with care or effort.
- 20. In a thrifty or economical manner.
- 22. Settled or established comfortably.
- 24. To surrender or give in to an opponent.
- 25. A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
- 27. Intended to placate or pacify.
- 28. A person who buys old or sick animals to slaughter them for their meat or other products.
- 31. Obsolete or retired because of age or infirmity.
- 33. Punishment inflicted as revenge or payback.
- 40. Watery or teary, especially when describing eyes.
- 45. The act of killing an infant, often associated with animals killing their young.
- 47. A person who acts as a link between people in order to help negotiations.